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Public hearing for Chateaugay Wind Repowering Project permit application on May 12, 2026.
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CLINTON COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SITING AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION COMBINED NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT PERMIT CONDITIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING, AND COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUES DETERMINATION PROCEDURE Applicant : Valcour Chateaugay NewCo, LLC Attn.: Maitland Robinson, Associate Developer 23 Lost Nation Road Churubusco, NY 12923 Phone: (866) 757-7697 Email: chateaugaywind@aes.com Facility Location : Town of Chateaugay, Franklin County, and Town of Clinton, Clinton County Applicant’s Attorney : Noah Shaw, Esq. Sarah Main, Esq. Foley Hoag LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 25th Floor New York, New York 10019 (518) 226-9602 Email: ncshaw@foleyhoag.com, smain@foleyhoag.com ORES DMM Matter No. : 23-03031 Facility Description : Applicant applied to the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (Office or ORES) for a permit pursuant to Public Service Law article VIII to construct and operate a 116.5-megawatt (MW) wind energy facility known as the Chateaugay Wind Repowering Project located in the Town of Chateaugay, Franklin County, and the Town of Clinton, Clinton County. Applicant filed the application with the Office on June 30, 2025. A notice of complete application was issued on January 29, 2026 ( see https://dps.ny.gov/ores-permit-applications, click on Project Permit Application Number 23-03031). ORES staff published draft permit conditions on March 10, 2026. The draft permit conditions may be accessed at https://dps.ny.gov/ores-permit-applications, click on Project Permit Application Number 23-03031. ORES Staff Position : On issuing the draft permit conditions, ORES staff takes the position that the proposed facility, together with the uniform and site-specific standards and conditions contained in the draft permit, would comply with applicable laws and regulations. ORES staff recommends that the Office elect not to apply, in whole or in part, any local law or ordinance that as applied to the facility is unreasonably burdensome in view of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act targets and the environmental benefits of the proposed facility. Public Comment Hearing : A public comment hearing pursuant to 16 NYCRR part 1100 to hear and receive unsworn comments from the public will be held at the Chateaugay Fire Company, 2 Lake Street, Chateaugay, NY 12920 on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:00 p.m . All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies who may be affected by the facility are invited to attend the hearing and comment on the application and the draft permit conditions. To ensure that all interested persons have an opportunity to speak, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may limit the time available for oral comments to three (3) minutes per person. Lengthier comments should be submitted in writing. Equal weight will be given to both oral and written comments. The public comment hearing will be transcribed for inclusion in the administrative record. The hearing location is reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment. Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should call the Department of Public Service’s Human Resource Management Office at (518) 473-9463 as soon as possible. TDD users may request a sign language interpreter by placing a call through the New York Relay Service at 711. Individuals with difficulty understanding or reading English are encouraged to call the Department at (800) 342-3377 for free language assistance services. In the event that the in-person public comment hearing needs to be canceled, rescheduled, postponed, or conducted virtually, notification of any change will be available at the ORES website at https://dps.ny.gov /ores . Written Public Comments : Written comments concerning the application and the draft permit conditions must be filed with ORES by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026 . Persons filing written comments are strongly encouraged to post their comments on the Department of Public Service (DPS) Document and Matter Management (DMM) system. To post a comment, go to https://dps.ny.gov/ores, click on “ORES Permit Applications,” click on Project Permit Application Number 23-03031, and click on “Post Comments” in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Written comments may also be emailed to ORES at ores.comments@dps.ny.gov or mailed to the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350. Please reference Project Permit Application Number 23-03031. Written comments will be considered equally with oral statements delivered at the public comment hearing, provided they are postmarked by Friday, May 15, 2026 , or e-mailed or posted on DMM by 4:30 p.m. on that date. Please take notice that written public comments will be publicly posted on DMM. ORES reserves the right not to post duplicate or repeat comments. In addition, ORES reserves the right to remove, without notice, comments containing any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory, confidential, or unlawful material or information of any kind. Issues Determination Procedure : Pursuant to 16 NYCRR 1100-8.3(b), a pre-adjudicatory issues determination procedure will be conducted by the assigned ALJ. The procedure will be conducted solely on papers and briefing unless the ALJ, in the judge’s sole discretion, determines that oral argument is necessary. The purpose of the issues conference is to determine party status for any person or organization that has properly filed a petition (as indicated below), and to narrow and define those issues, if any, that will require adjudication in this matter. Participation in the issues determination procedure is limited to ORES staff, applicant, and those persons or organizations requesting party status. Filing for Party Status and Proposed Issues : Persons seeking to participate in the issues determination procedure and any subsequent adjudicatory hearing must register on DMM and file a written petition explaining whether their request is for full party status or amicus status. For the required contents of petitions for full party status, see 16 NYCRR 1100-8.4(c)(1) and (2). To determine whether an issue is substantive and significant, see 16 NYCRR 1100-8.3(c)(2) and (3). For the required contents of a petition seeking amicus status, see 16 NYCRR 1100-8.4(c)(1) and (3). Petitioners may also file written briefs making arguments in support of their petitions. All petitions requesting party status and briefs in support must be E-Filed on DMM no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2026 . Instructions for registering in DMM and E-Filing documents may be found at: https://dps.ny.gov/dmm-help-electronic-filing-registration-instructions. Address all petitions to Dawn MacKillop-Soller, Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings and Alternative Dispute Resolution, New York State Department of Public Service, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, telephone: (518) 474-4521, email: dawn.mackillop-soller@dps.ny.gov, and Henry James Joseph, Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings and Alternative Dispute Resolution, New York State Department of Public Service, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, telephone: (518) 474-4521, email: henry.joseph@dps.ny.gov. At the same time petitions and briefs are E-Filed on DMM, a copy of all papers must be emailed to the ALJs at the email address above, and furnished to applicant Valcour Chateaugay NewCo, LLC’s attorney, Noah Shaw and Sarah Main, Foley Hoag LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10019, (518) 226-9602, ncshaw@foleyhoag.com, smain@foleyhoag.com; and to ORES at the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 473-4590, ores.hearings@dps.ny.gov. Service of petitions and briefs by email is authorized provided they are received by all of the above parties and the ALJs by the 4:30 p.m. deadline. Any questions about filing requirements or other hearing procedures may be addressed to Chief ALJ James T. McClymonds by telephone at (518) 473-4583. ORES's regulations may be found at https://dps.ny.gov /ores-regulatory-documents . Statement of Compliance with Local Laws and Regulations : Any municipality, political subdivision or an agency thereof that received notice of the filing of the application pursuant to 16 NYCRR 1100-1.6(a) must file a statement indicating whether the proposed facility is designed to be sited, constructed and operated in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations in effect as of June 30, 2025, if any, concerning the environment, or public health and safety. The statement must be filed and served by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2026, in the same manner as petitions for party stat
